Shoot the moon

[longam]

Catch a live broadcast from the LCROSS space probe as it shoots a projectile into the lunar surface to gather more space stuff.


NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission will come to a dramatic conclusion at approximately 4:30 a.m. PDT (7:30 a.m. EDT) on Friday, Oct 9, 2009, with the impact of the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket and four minutes later, the impact of the LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft into Cabeus crater near the moon’s south pole. To mark the event, NASA Ames Research Center is hosting ‘LCROSS Impact Night.’ News media are invited to cover the three-part event that is open to the public and free of charge.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html

[SteamWake]

I posted something on this the other day. Dident get much interest though.

Dident know they had a live feed... its probably hours of boredom though. :03:

Ill have to check it out. Thanks

[Letum]

Death to the moon dwellers!
Death to the lunar aggressors!
May they all be crushed and die under our mighty bombardment.
Earth shall prevail; victory shall be total.
We will make them pay for their arrogance.

[FIREWALL]

Lets not damage the largest supply of green cheese in the universe. :DL

[SteamWake]

Wait shouldent we have unconditional negotiations first?

[Oberon]

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise....

[SteamWake]

I watched a show "Universe" the other night. I was amazed at the fact that the Moon is slowly moving further from the earth.

To the tune of an inch or so a year :o

Eventually it will be far enough that it will have a dramatic effect on our climate and oceans.

Wheres Al Gore when you need em.

[Raptor1]

I watched a show "Universe" the other night. I was amazed at the fact that the Moon is slowly moving further from the earth.

To the tune of an inch or so a year :o

Eventually it will be far enough that it will have a dramatic effect on our climate and oceans.

Wheres Al Gore when you need em.

Nah, they're way too slow, we'll bombard them to rubble before they can get out of range!

[SteamWake]

Nah, they're way too slow, we'll bombard them to rubble before they can get out of range!

Al Gore is too slow? :haha:

Well maybe but not in that way... I think you have misquoted there.

[TLAM Strike]

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise.... No the Death Star orbits Saturn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)

Speaking of Saturn a new massive ring around Saturn has been discovered:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091007-new-saturn-ring-largest.html

If the new ring were visible from Earth, it would look twice as wide as the full moon.

[SteamWake]

Well the deed is done, I dident see it personally but understand it was rather anticlimatic.

I guess it dident wake Godzilla :hmmm:

[TLAM Strike]

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise.... I think we all know it was done to destroy the secret Soviet moon landing site. :O:

[Task Force]

I heard it was a failure...:yep:

all there maths = fail... lol

[longam]

Got to see the camera shot as it went splat, whoopee! :down:

[Task Force]

Got to see the camera shot as it went splat, whoopee! :down:

HAHAHA nasa Fails on camera...:rotfl2: anyone have a vid?

[MothBalls]

I got up early to watch it. Pretty much a non-event. The only reason I watched it was to see if they were going to counter-attack and shoot back at us.

[nikimcbee]

Dident know they had a live feed... its probably hours of boredom though. :03:



You mean CSPAN?:haha:

On thursday, they had people calling in that were opposed to bombing the moon:haha:, gawd there are some dumb people.

[Torplexed]

Denizens of the moon were shocked and dismayed to find the surface of their world pockmarked by yet another crater. "Just when we were starting to get a handle on filling these damn holes in, NASA vandalizes us further", one lunar official complained. "How dare they callously disfigure our beautiful planet?"

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2006/AMI_EAE3_002082_L.jpg

[Task Force]

I feel bad for them... first we claim there land as something called a landing site... then we bombard them a new crator...:rotfl2:

[Torplexed]

I feel bad for them... first we claim there land as something called a landing site... then we bombard them a new crator...:rotfl2:

It's hardly the first time. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team recently released this image of another man-made impact on the Moon 38 years ago . The crater in the center of this image was formed by Apollo 14's Saturn IVB booster. The booster was intentionally impacted into the lunar surface on Feb. 4, 1971. The impact caused a minor "moonquake" that scientists used to learn about the moon's interior structure. Seismometers placed on the surface by the Apollo 12 astronauts returned data on the tremor.

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Apollo-14-booster.jpg

[Task Force]

cool... so weve gave them plenty of new holes.:rotfl2:

[Letum]

Earlier today the Supreme Earth Leader declared victory over the forces
of the moon. An unconditional surrender has been signed by the acting
leaders of the Lunar Peoples. This marks the end of the eons of tyranny
the Lunar People have inflicted against our planet.

As the announcement was made, already preparations are under way to
transport the survivors of our almighty bombardment to holding camps on
the earth where the remaining Lunar people will be treated with mercy
until their humane extermination.

Never again will the moon make slaves of us; humanity is free.

The moon it's self will be left in orbit as a memorial to the brave men of
the NASA military divisions who gave their lives for our lasting freedom.

Long live the Earth!

:rock:

[Torplexed]

And thirty years from now in pangs of guilt and remorse over our easy one-sided victory, we'll set up the few surviving Lunarites with either monetary reparations or casinos. :D

[Sledgehammer427]

I actually wrote a blog about this and what many of my friends were thinking.

http://choppingblockz.blogspot.com/2009/10/chopping-block-ep-25-nasa-and-its.html

language is included, so don't say I didn't warn ya

[magic452]

And thirty years from now in pangs of guilt and remorse over our easy one-sided victory, we'll set up the few surviving Lunarites with either monetary reparations or casinos. :D

They will than run for congress and join their predecessors already there.
The Lunatics. :wah:

Magic